Timer cable and case



April 16, 1929. w. B. THOMAS 1,709,443

TIMER CABLE AND CASE Original Filed Feb. 1926 Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

WALTER BASIL THOMAS, OF BLACKWATER, MISSOURI.

TIMER, CABLE AND CASE.

Application filed February 1, 1926, Serial No. 85,097. Renewed February27, 1929.

This invention is a timer cable and case I for automobiles, and isespecially adapted for use upon automobiles of the Ford type.

The chief object of the invention is to provide an improved form ofcurrent conducting cable for the ignition system with means incorporatedfor releasably attaching same to the ordinary timer and coil box.

A further object is to provide a device of the kind described wherebyshort circuiting of the wires caused by cut wires or by rubbing, may beeliminated.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, showing themethod of clamping the cable to the hood rod, and showing the timer casewith a section broken out to reveal the clips upon the inner periphery;

Figure 2 is an inner plan view of the timer case;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of the cable immediately adjacent tothe timer, said timer being shown in elevation;

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 44 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view through the coil box end of theconductor cable.

The invention consists in moulding flat,

strip current conductors 1 within a moulded rubber cable 2. Clamps 4 areprovided which are adapted to clamp over the cable 2 and the hood rod 5for supporting the cable. The flat conductors 1 areprelierably crimpedas shown at 3 as means for locking them in place in the cable andpreventing their slipping longitudinally the angles of the crimps oi theconductors being nested so as to not interfere with one another. Arubber timer case 6 is provided, the same being inlaid with an interiorfibre lining 12,

and having a spark adjuster aperture 7 cut therein. This case is adaptedto he slipped over the regular timer (not shown) and to be securedthereto with the clamp (not shown) which secures the regular timer. Thecurrent conductors 1 have their ends moulded in the timer casing 6 andthey terminate in the clips 8 which are set in the inlaid fibre lining11. Apertures 9 are provided in the fibre lining to permit the reg ularcontacts (not shown) of the timer to engage the clips 8. Clips 10 aremoulded in the opposite end of the cable 2 and are adapted to releasablyengage the coil box terminals (not shown).

The use and advantages of the device are apparent from the foregoingdescription.

lVhile I have herein described a certain specific manner and method ofconstructing an d assembling the elements of my invention, it isunderstood that I may vary from the same in minor details, not departingfrom the spirit of my invention, so as best to con struct a practicaldevice for the purpose intended, as defined in the appended claims.

I claimr 1. In a device of the kind described, a plurality of flat stripcurrent conductors extended in spaced relation, the said conductorsbeing crimped, the angles of said crimps being arranged so as to nestwith one another.

2. In a device of the kind described, a plurality of fiat strip currentconductors eX- tended in spaced relation, the said conductors beingcrimped, the angles of said crimps being arranged so as to nest. withone another; and a solid dielectric material filled in between the saidconductors.

In testimony whereof I aiilx my signature.

WVALTER BASIL THOMAS.

